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CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS IN SCOTTISH COURTS,
2003
Persons with a charge proved by
type of court, 1994-2003 | Table 3
Number |
Type of court | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
All court types
1 | 159,178 | 156,707 | 153,087 | 150,508 | 139,877 | 127,560 | 118,152 | 120,325 | 125,029 | 130,606 |
|
High court
2,3 | 964 | 1,096 | 1,099 | 1,120 | 1,049 | 1,176 | 1,105 | 1,114 | 994 | 990 |
Sheriff solemn | 3,201 | 2,900 | 3,167 | 3,052 | 2,985 | 3,152 | 3,044 | 3,262 | 3,361 | 3,804 |
Sheriff summary | 81,077 | 81,702 | 82,271 | 80,280 | 75,618 | 71,378 | 67,894 | 72,715 | 78,929 | 79,066 |
District court
4 | 63,784 | 61,336 | 57,672 | 57,260 | 53,217 | 45,890 | 41,844 | 38,382 | 41,745 | 46,742 |
Stipendiary magistrate court
4 | 10,146 | 9,670 | 8,878 | 8,794 | 7,008 | 5,963 | 4,265 | 4,846 | | |
Per cent |
Type of court | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
All court types
1 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
|
High court
2,3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Sheriff solemn | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Sheriff summary | 51 | 52 | 54 | 53 | 54 | 56 | 57 | 60 | 63 | 61 |
District court
4 | 40 | 39 | 38 | 38 | 38 | 36 | 35 | 32 | 33 | 36 |
Stipendiary magistrate court
4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | | |
Index: 1994=100 |
Type of court | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
All court types
1 | 100 | 98 | 96 | 95 | 88 | 80 | 74 | 76 | 79 | 82 |
|
High court
2,3 | 100 | 114 | 114 | 116 | 109 | 122 | 115 | 116 | 103 | 103 |
Sheriff solemn | 100 | 91 | 99 | 95 | 93 | 98 | 95 | 102 | 105 | 119 |
Sheriff summary | 100 | 101 | 101 | 99 | 93 | 88 | 84 | 90 | 97 | 98 |
District court
4 | 100 | 96 | 90 | 90 | 83 | 72 | 66 | 60 | 56 | 63 |
Stipendiary magistrate court
4 | 100 | 95 | 88 | 87 | 69 | 59 | 42 | 48 | | |
1 Includes court type unknown.
2 Includes cases remitted to the High court from the
Sheriff court.
3 Revised data for 1998-2002. Figures for 2002 and
2003 may be underestimates due to late recording of
disposals on SCRO.
4 Cases in the Glasgow district and stipendiary
magistrates courts are not generally identifiable
separately in the data for 2002 onwards.
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